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Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank)

Yaphank, Suffolk County, New York

ProposedContestedAI likelyRecord updated October 26, 2026

Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank) is a proposed data center in Yaphank, New York (Suffolk County), operated by WF Industrial (Wildflower). The public record puts it at 176.6 MW planned, 71 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: WF Industrial (Wildflower)
Facility type: Data center, AI use likely
Location: 1001 Expressway Drive North, Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY
Coordinates: 40.8322, -72.9300 (approximate)
Power capacity: 176.6 MW planned
Land: 71 acres
Investment: $1 billion
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Not established
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: 1,000 construction
Public subsidy: Brookhaven IDA PILOT, sales-tax and mortgage-recording-tax benefits to WF Industrial XII (approved on a 190-job projection; the IDA voted in March to terminate and recapture them), Town of Brookhaven IDA, 2023
Community reception: Contested
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

July 2026
Proposed
Facing both a proposed 18-month Town of Brookhaven moratorium and a statewide NY moratorium on hyperscale (50MW+) data centers; developer states the project is still moving ahead. Source: Long Island Press

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank) in Yaphank, Suffolk County, New York is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Sits on a 71-acre site holding three existing empty warehouses, west of Sills Road on the north side of the LIE North Service Road, ~1,000 feet from a residential neighborhood.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Sits on a 71-acre site holding three existing empty warehouses, west of Sills Road on the north side of the LIE North Service Road, ~1,000 feet from a residential neighborhood. Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico proposed an 18-month town moratorium on data centers (expected to pass unanimously per a town spokesperson, reported 2026-07); other Suffolk town supervisors reportedly support it. New York State separately imposed a moratorium on new hyperscale (50MW+) data centers in 2026 that also covers this 176.6MW project. Residents cited electricity, water, and noise concerns. Developer (Michael Bowden, WF Industrial director of development) said as of 2026-06 the project was 'still moving ahead' and called the moratorium 'not necessary.' Project is projected to generate an estimated $40M/year in tax revenue for the Longwood School District per developer claims (not independently verified here).

Source: Long Island Press

Power and water

Developer says grid-upgrade costs would be paid by the developer, not ratepayers; LIPA said it anticipates no issue serving the load (studies underway).

Developer states the facility would use no more water than the prior trucking-warehouse use and plans rooftop rainwater harvesting; Suffolk County Water Authority had received no water-availability application as of June 2026. Cooling method not specified.

Public money on the record

Program	Amount	Granted by	Year
Brookhaven IDA PILOT, sales-tax and mortgage-recording-tax benefits to WF Industrial XII (approved on a 190-job projection; the IDA voted in March to terminate and recapture them)	Not established	Town of Brookhaven IDA	2023

Notes on the record

No confirmed street address found as of 2026-09-13 -- sources describe the parcel only as 'west of Sills Road, north side of the LIE North Service Road' in Yaphank. Coordinates are the Yaphank hamlet centroid (OSM Nominatim), NOT the parcel -- disclosed here per contract rule H; do not treat as parcel-level precision.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Permanent jobs promised

Which document closes each gap

Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Brookhaven National Laboratory Scientific Data and Computing Center (Building 725) · Upton · Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy)4 mi · Operating · 9.6 MW
365 Data Centers Long Island (Commack) · Commack · 365 Data Centers19 mi · Operating · 6 MW

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Is there opposition to the Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank) in Yaphank?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank)?

No lawsuit over Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank) appears in the record we track as of October 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as unknown, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank), and how big is it?

WF Industrial (Wildflower) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 176.6 MW. The site is recorded at 71 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (WF Industrial / Wildflower, Yaphank)," updated October 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/wf-industrial-yaphank-ny.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/wf-industrial-yaphank-ny, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.The debate about data centers as state leaders place moratorium · Long Island Press · retrieved September 21, 2026
2.Proposed AI data center in Yaphank meets opposition from residents and town leaders · News 12 Long Island · retrieved September 21, 2026
3.Brookhaven IDA July 15 2026 board packet, June 17 2026 minutes: WF Industrial XII, LLC proposes converting all three buildings to data centers (50 FTE); Board consensus not to support data centers · Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency · retrieved September 21, 2026
4.Brookhaven data center moratorium and the Yaphank (Wildflower) proposal · LI Parks · retrieved October 26, 2026

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